101st Vyasa-puja Offering From Advaya Jnan das

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Dear Shrila Guru Maharaj, 

I pay my obeisances at Your Lotus Feet again and again. Today is the Navami of the waning moon of that very month in which You appear. It will happen when the Moon is on the 9th day of waxing. Feeling the urge to concentrate on this approaching event, I read Your hari-katha. While describing the Pastimes of Shri Krishna in Shrimad Bhagavatam, Shukadeva Gosvami says that one should never think of Krishna as an ordinary boy going on a picnic. In this case, one may imagine that anyone can also easily join Him. Do not forget that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, says Shukadeva Gosvami. 

Why is He the Supreme Personality of Godhead? He is everywhere, All-pervading, Omnipotent, He is far, far beyond this world—transcendental. His Abode, His Friends are also transcendental. 

Dear Srila Gurudeva, on the eve of your Vyasa Puja, I request you:

Please forgive me for not really understanding that you are an extraordinary person, not of this world, an Associate of the Supreme Lord. Be Merciful: strengthen my intelligence and faith in your Divine Instructions, and grant service to your Holy Feet. 


—Advaya Jnan das, Voronezh (Russia)




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